Baltiysk Naval Base
Identification
The record matches the naval harbor at Baltiysk, Kaliningrad Oblast: TASS identifies Baltiysk as the main naval base of Russia’s Baltic Fleet, and Russian port regulations refer to the water area of the Baltiysk Naval Base’s avantport in the inner harbor. The harbor sits on the Baltiysk Strait, the approximately 2 km channel linking the Vistula Lagoon to the Baltic Sea. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1873217))
Resident forces
Recent order-of-battle reporting places the 128th Surface Ship Brigade at Baltiysk with two Project 11540 frigates and four Project 20380 corvettes, and the 71st Landing Ship Brigade at Baltiysk with four Project 775/775M landing ships, two Project 12322 air-cushion landing craft, and smaller landing craft. CNA likewise identifies Baltiysk as home to the 71st, 128th, and the 342nd Emergency Rescue Detachment. ([osw.waw.pl](https://www.osw.waw.pl/sites/default/files/Report_Fortress_Kaliningrad_net_0.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Operational role
Official fleet reporting shows Baltiysk used as a regular sortie and recovery port for major surface and amphibious units: the frigate Neustrashimy returned there in November 2024 after a four-month deployment of roughly 30,000 nautical miles, and the corvette Stoiky with the large landing ship Korolyov sailed from Baltiysk on Atlantic deployment in February 2020. During 2023-2025 exercises, Baltiysk-based groups rehearsed air defense, missile and artillery fire, mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare, and anti-saboteur defense, including during Zapad-2025. ([tass.com](https://tass.com/defense/1873217))
Support
Baltiysk has sustainment infrastructure in the same harbor complex. Port regulations reference restricted waters alongside Ship Repair Yard No. 33 and part of the naval base’s avantport, and in January 2024 the Navy commander said Baltiysk was being renovated to support corvette-class formations and future next-generation diesel-electric submarines; open sources reviewed here do not publicly confirm that new submarines are already permanently based at the site. ([rosmorport.ru](https://www.rosmorport.ru/media/File/filials/Kaliningradsky/Postanovlenia.pdf))
Rescue and security
CNA and OSW both place a dedicated emergency-rescue formation at Baltiysk, and official rescue drills from the base used the SB-6 rescue tug, four diving boats, the SMK-2172 rescue boat, and a Ka-27PS helicopter to practice firefighting, damage control, medical response, and towing a damaged ship back to base. Separate Baltiysk drills also rehearsed submerged anti-saboteur defense of ships at anchorage and protection of naval bases against sabotage or reconnaissance groups. ([cna.org](https://www.cna.org/reports/2021/06/Russian-Forces-in-the-Western-Military-District.pdf))